I like using HumiCase, you can get it at your local music store, the kit
comes with a humidity device and a thermometer/humidity indicator. You use
the solution for a couple of treatments then you can use purified water
after that. Mine lasts for at least 4-5 days before having to add fluid
again. It gets you past a long weekend or trip. Lesson learned, I had to
replace a wheel.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melissa Kacalanos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [HG] Super dry weather and the tangent twist
I've used tiny strips of paper for this. I wouldn't
use glue, since that would make the tangents thicker
for good, and then what would you do when it gets
humid? Your tangents would be too thick to turn.
Also, as winter arrives, I'm taking this opportunity
to tell everyone who lives in a heated home, GET A
DAMPIT (or some other brand of humidifier) for your
hg. I keep mine in the tangent box, and don't have a
lot of problems with slipping tangents. In winter when
it's very dry, I have to redampen it every day, which
is a small price to pay for keeping my tangents
secure.
Melissa
--- Simon Wascher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
a nice hack is to use glue - superglue, titebond,
else: you make the
tangents foot thicker by rubbing a thin layer of
glue onto it. WAIT
TILL THE GLUE IS DRY *BEFORE* YOU PUT IT BACK I TO
ITS HOLE.
S.
Am 16.10.2007 um 01:46 schrieb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> I think I read somewhere that you can also use
human hair in place
> of thread.
>
> Anna
>
> -------------- Original message
----------------------
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Howdy all,
>>
>> I just got back from doing the Las Vegas
Renaissance Faire
>> and it was
>> super dry yet again. While there I spent the
majority of day one
>> just trying to
>> make the tangents stay put while I played. I
tried the wetting
>> trick and it
>> worked until they shrunk and did the tangent
tango again. I
>> thought "I'll
>> just use thread", only to find I didn't have any
and was to lazy
>> to go looking.
>> So I invented (reinvented, stole, borrowed ect.)
the idea of
>> using cotton to
>> tighten the tangents. I rolled it like thread,
only thicker, and
>> put it in
>> place for the rest of the show and it worked
great.
>>
>> If this has already been suggested for a
temporary fix I
>> thought I would
>> mention it as I had not yet heard it.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>> ************************************** See what's
new at http://
>> www.aol.com
>
>
>
> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Datum: 15. Oktober 2007 23:07:42 GMT+02:00
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: [HG] Super dry weather and the tangent
twist
>
>
> Howdy all,
>
> I just got back from doing the Las Vegas
Renaissance Faire and
> it was super dry yet again. While there I spent
the majority of day
> one just trying to make the tangents stay put
while I played. I
> tried the wetting trick and it worked until they
shrunk and did the
> tangent tango again. I thought "I'll just use
thread", only to find
> I didn't have any and was to lazy to go looking.
So I invented
> (reinvented, stole, borrowed ect.) the idea of
using cotton to
> tighten the tangents. I rolled it like thread,
only thicker, and
> put it in place for the rest of the show and it
worked great.
>
> If this has already been suggested for a
temporary fix I
> thought I would mention it as I had not yet heard
it.
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your
Homepage.
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